After the first week of paranoia the intensity is starting to come out for the teams. There have been many heated debates that spark flames between opposing teams and it shows.
During the first round there were multiple times where eliminations were unclear and the students running the game couldn’t make a decision. The judges alternative for making the call was posting polls on the Instagram account so the players can make the call. Leaving the decision up to the poll is going to frustrate one of the two teams every time.
“I hate that we got an elimination but it had to be confirmed with a poll because the other team wants to play salty like that,” senior Brad Moraza said.
The rule book to this game has also been taking a couple of turns within the last week. One of the rule changes was that they made water balloons legal as another weapon to use. Many think that this is a good addition to the game because a lot of water guns don’t have the long distance range to get eliminations. The max distance water guns get is usually about 20 feet which is not ideal so with water balloons being allowed it gives the players the opportunity to expand their range another 50 feet.
“I like that we can use water balloons now because I can actually get some kills while I distance myself,” senior Ben Hites said.
A lot of the teams are afraid to get a little risky and play the game on foot. There have been a lot of teams being mad about their opponents not really playing the game as they just stay inside waiting it out so they don’t get eliminated.
One of the best battles occurred in the driveway and garage of senior Hudson Bailey’s house where team Slippery Seducers faced off against team Splash Squad. There was no action occurring because both teams were just staring at each other in their cars but senior Josiah Ornelas got out of the car and made a run for it and that’s when both teams got into a massive brawl that ended up going to a poll and Ornelas went down taking two guys with him.
“I mean that scene was straight out of a movie. Absolute cinema if you asked me,” senior Sawyer Hakow said.
